Janet D. Kelly, PhD

Assistant Professor, Basic Sciences

Dr. Jan Kelly has been teaching at NUHS since 2011, where she
initially taught in the spine and extremities anatomy laboratory
course. In 2013, Dr. Kelly became course director for the spine and
extremity lecture and laboratory courses.

Dr. Kelly received her bachelor of science degree in biology
from St. Mary's College of Notre Dame in Indiana. She
continued her education at Loyola University of Chicago, and
received her Ph.D. from the department of cell biology,
neurobiology and anatomy in 1990.

Her research interests included histochemical and
ultrastructural evaluation of inflammatory bone loss. Dr. Kelly
developed a technique for quantifying the presence of tartrate
resistant acid phosphatase in osteoclasts, and used that technique
to study a model for inflammatory, non-osteoporotic bone loss.
Dr. Kelly continued at Loyola University as a post-doctoral
research assistant at the Medical Center to study the pineal gland
in neuroendocrine-immune interactions.

When Dr. Kelly is not in the lab teaching and learning, she
enjoys traveling with her family.